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Collaboration, networking, career development, and wellbeing. Those are four examples of needs that the newly formed young MultiParkers working group will address. After organizing their first event, they are eager to start preparing for more events. During the pandemic, there has been an upbuild of need for social gathering and exchange of ideas and experiences. Especially young researchers who r

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/young-multiparkers-working-group-takes-shape - 2026-06-19

Receiving grants from the Swedish Research Council is viewed as a quality mark and one of the critical steps for young scientists to establish an independent research group. Last week, nine of MultiPark’s research leaders were awarded 31.6 million SEK for their projects. This year’s support from the Swedish Research Council encouraged MultiPark’s ambition to be a multidisciplinary research area. P

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/nine-multipark-scientists-granted-support-swedish-research-council - 2026-06-19

During his research education, Jonathan Timpka wanted to elucidate what is affecting the ability to work for patients diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. Defending his Ph.D. thesis on November 19th, Jonathan tells about his wide range of projects within the Restorative Parkinson Unit led by Per Odin. Tell us about your Ph.D. research! My research engagement has been quite diverse, ranging from reg

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/phd-defence-interview-jonathan-timpka - 2026-06-19

Gene expression inside Parkinson’s disease patient’s brain cells seems to trigger structural changes of the Parkinson-linked protein alpha-synuclein. This was discovered when MultiPark researchers converted skin cells from Parkinson patients into midbrain cells in the dish. The study was published in Acta Neuropathologica Communications. Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder lin

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/environment-inside-brain-cells-holds-clues-protein-aggregation - 2026-06-19

Emil Ygland Rödström is defending his thesis on the 20th of November. His research is about clinical, genetical, and biochemical biomarkers for the prognosis of Parkinson’s disease patients. Here, he tells us more about the discoveries and his time as a Ph.D. student in the Clinical Neurogenetics group at MultiPark. What is your research about? My thesis work consists of two different parts. In th

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/phd-defence-interview-emil-ygland - 2026-06-19

Presently many of Sweden’s 20,000 Parkinson’s patients are not receiving the treatment they need, and many of the most seriously ill receive incorrect or inappropriate therapy. With the new Manage PD tool and the PD Pal study, Per Odin, professor at Lund University and senior attending physician at Skåne University Hospital in Lund, hopes to be able to improve the care of Parkinson’s patients. Eve

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/faster-and-better-treatment-parkinsons-disease-manage-pd-tool - 2026-06-19

Three out of Lund University’s four most cited scientists are research leaders at MultiPark, according to Clarivate’s report for this year. The highly anticipated annual list identifies researchers who demonstrated significant influence in their chosen field or fields through the publication of multiple highly cited papers during the last decade. Their names are drawn from the publications that ra

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/majority-most-cited-researchers-lund-university-belong-multipark - 2026-06-19

CMES researcher has co-authored an article published in the Journal of Strategic Studies. The article, "How dawn turned into dusk: Scoping and closing possible nuclear futures after the Cold War", was co-authored by Benoît Pelopidas (Sciences Po), Hebatalla Taha (CMES), and Tom Vaughan (Aberystwyth University).AbstractHow was the scope of nuclear weapons policy change immediately after the Cold Wa

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/nuclear-proliferation-iraq - 2026-06-19

CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has co-authored an article in the journal Applied Soft Computing. The article, "Temporal cluster-based local deep learning or signal processing-temporal convolutional transformer for daily runoff prediction?", is written by Vahid Moosavi (Tarbiat Modares University), Sahar Mostafaei (Tarbiat Modares University) and Ronny Berndtsson (CMES). AbstractWater scarci

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/deep-learning-and-runoff-prediction-iran - 2026-06-19

Read the new CMES Newsletter about upcoming events and recent research activities and publications. The CMES Newsletter provides an up-to-date overview of Middle Eastern research, activities and events at Lund University and beyond. The Newsletter includes a message from the Director, latest research news, upcoming events and recent publications by CMES scholars.Read the newsletterSubscribe to the

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/read-latest-cmes-newsletter-42 - 2026-06-19

CMES supports three-year research projects with high scientific potential through the Strategic Research Area (SRA) Middle East in the Contemporary World (MECW). CMES funds one new project annually and encourages collaboration between scholars from different disciplines at Lund University to conduct interdisciplinary research on the Middle East.Project proposals should be focused on novel interdis

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/now-open-cmes-call-project-proposals-0 - 2026-06-19

CMES is organising the Third Annual Swedish Middle East and North Africa Network (SWEMENA) Conference, Lund University, 22-23 August 2024. This interdisciplinary annual conference reflects SWEMENA’s main objective to bring together different communities of researchers, practitioners, and policy-makers across Sweden with an interest in the Middle East and North Africa region SWEMENA encourages the

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/swemena-annual-conference-2024 - 2026-06-19

Apply by 30 April 2024 Writing Retreats (Autumn 2024)CMES supports writing retreats on Middle East research with the aim to finalise an article, book chapter, edited volume or a book for publication in peer-reviewed outlets. CMES offers office space and modern research facilities in a stimulating work environment on historic premises. Administrative, practical and technical support is available on

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/now-open-cmes-call-writing-retreats-0 - 2026-06-19

Read the new CMES Newsletter about upcoming events and recent research activities and publications. The CMES Newsletter provides an up-to-date overview of Middle Eastern research, activities and events at Lund University and beyond. The Newsletter includes a message from the Director, latest research news, upcoming events and recent publications by CMES scholars.Read the NewsletterSubscribe to the

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/read-latest-cmes-newsletter-43 - 2026-06-19

CMES visiting scholar Dalia Dassa Kaye has written an article in Foreign Affairs. IntroductionOn April 1, Israel launched its latest attack on Iran in the two countries’ ongoing shadow war, with an airstrike that flattened a section of Iran’s embassy complex in Damascus and reportedly killed at least 12 people. Among the dead was Mohammad Reza Zahedi, who headed Iran’s military operations in Syria

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/israels-campaign-against-iranian-targets-could-backfire - 2026-06-19

On 8-9 April, CMES organized a policy-research dialogue entitled "Exploring Europe’s Changing Perceptions and Policies Towards Iran" with international experts and policymakers. The workshop explored a broad set of themes, such as Iran's nuclear program and the nuclear agreement, the Mahsa Amini protests and the wars in Ukraine and Gaza. These issues were discussed in relation to the relationship

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-policy-research-dialogue-exploring-europes-changing-perceptions-and-policies-towards-iran - 2026-06-19

This Regional Outlook focuses on the role of satellite imagery in shaping our understanding of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the physical damage it has caused the landscape.  On 7 October 2023, Hamas carried out a large scale attack against Israel, causing over 1 000 fatalities, taking more than 200 hostages and firing thousands of rockets into Israeli territory. At the time of writing, Isr

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-regional-outlook-monitoring-israels-destruction-gaza-space - 2026-06-19

On 11-12 April, CMES hosted a workshop entitled "On the Edge - Post-Conflict Political Generations of Women and Youth Activists in the ‘Second Wave’ of the Arab Spring" with international scholars. The workshop explored the mass popular mobilizations calling for radical regime change in Algeria, Sudan, Lebanon, and Iraq in 2019, which were billed the ‘Second Wave’ of the Arab Spring. The four coun

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-workshop-women-and-youth-activists-second-wave-arab-spring - 2026-06-19

On Friday 12 April, CMES researcher Filippo Verre participated in the radio program "Il Mondo alla Radio" (Eng. translation: "The World on the Radio") on Vatican Radio. Vatican Radio is part of the channel Vatican News, which is the official radio channel of the Vatican State. In the interview, Filippo spoke about the role of water policy in the Middle East as a tool to foster cooperation.Listen t

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/water-policy-middle-east - 2026-06-19

Apply by 31 May 2024. CMES Workshop Proposals (Academic Year 2024-2025)The Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) supports and coordinates workshops and higher public research seminars with high scientific potential through the Strategic Research Area (SRA): Middle East in the Contemporary World (MECW). CMES funds 1-2 new workshop per year and encourages interdisciplinary collaboration

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/open-cmes-calls-workshops-and-travel - 2026-06-19